For U.S.-Mexico trade, Tesla Inc. could prove to be the gift that keeps on giving. With the automaker recently confirming that it’s building a $5 billion factory in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, trade experts said Tesla is already influencing cross-border logistics and trucking. “Tesla’s impact on Mexico can already be felt long before…
Despite a year-over-year decline, last month’s volumes were the second-highest ever for February for South Carolina Ports. Container volumes at the Port of Charleston totaled 201,418 twenty-foot equivalent units and 111,118 pier containers, down 13% from February 2022, the port said Monday. Volumes also fell from January, when SC Ports handled 215,238 TEUs and 118,179…
A leading parcel industry consultant said Tuesday that he expects a contract agreement between UPS Inc. and the Teamsters union to be reached no later than June 30. The comments from Satish Jindel, president of Ship Matrix Inc., are the first from any consultant to go as far as forecasting a time frame for averting…
CHICAGO — What if Apple and Android suddenly decided to join forces and offer their integrations to each other’s customers? Imagine iMessage on your PC, for example. That hypothetical merger is unlikely to happen. But a similar form of consolidation is beginning to take place in the growing warehouse automation industry. Hangzhou, China-based multi-robot orchestration…
DSV A/S, the third-largest global logistics provider by revenue, announced plans Tuesday to acquire two Arizona-based logistics companies owned by the same family to support its new market focus on the semiconductor industry and cross-border services to Mexico and Latin America. The Danish transport and logistics company said it reached an agreement to take over…